The Northwest University Police Department is continuing to develop a program to keep students safe in the event of an active shooter on campus.

Lt. Mike Ceperley, Northwest’s emergency management coordinator, said trainings are provided to all incoming freshmen as well as to everyone on campus at certain points in the year.

In 2013 Northwest refreshed a video series to educate the campus community about “Run, Hide, Fight.”  Since then, Ceperley said the program has continued to be developed. The new videos reinforce that strategy and introduce the concept of “Secure, Evaluate, Act.”

“With our new set of videos we’ve kind of gotten into the nuts and bolts on these are techniques and strategies and tactics to use and employ to protect yourself,” he said.

Over the years of training Ceperley said they get many of the same questions which is what led to the “Secure, Evaluate, Act” video.

“There were common themes that kept coming back and common themes that kept coming up which led us to that fourth video,” Ceperley said. “These are immediate actions people can take in the situation of an active shooter or in other situations where they’re not quite sure what’s going on.  It’s very important and very essential because as soon as we act that better for us.”

Ceperley the university routinely takes part in live scenarios and other emergency preparedness activities to make sure the campus is prepared for a variety of scenarios.

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